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==Overview==

OEF commenced on [[October 7]], [[2001]], with "early combat operations operations [including] a mix of air strikes from land-based [[B-1 Lancer]], [[B-2 Spirit]] and [[B-52 Stratofortress]] bombers; carrier-based [[F-14 Tomcat]] and [[F/A-18 Hornet]] fighters; and [[BGM-109 Tomahawk|Tomahawk cruise missile]]s launched from both U.S. and British ships and submarines."[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/enduring-freedom.htm]

"The initial military objectives of Operation Enduring Freedom, as articulated by President [[George W. Bush]] in his [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2001/09/mil-010920-usia01.htm Sept. 20th Address] to a Joint Session of Congress and his [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2001/10/mil-011007-usia01.htm Oct. 7th address] to country, include the destruction of terrorist training camps and [[infrastructure]] within [[Afghanistan]], the capture of [[al Qaeda]] leaders, and the cessation of terrorist activities in Afghanistan."[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/enduring-freedom.htm]